Spoke beads...
07-31-07 | 01:24 PM
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Videre non videri
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Spoke beads...
I'm thinking of putting spoke beads on my SS commuter. Do they move around and make noises, or do they stay put? I feel they'd be a good way to show that I'm not too serious about things. 
Waddaya'll think?
Waddaya'll think?
07-31-07 | 01:28 PM
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hahahaaaaa, jack crank rides with those and they are so hilariously obnoxious...
no they will not stay put until you get up enough centrifugal force to keep them up by the nipples. otherwise they're noisy.
oh, and this is not a decision that the internet can make for you. if yer sassy enough to rock 'em, yer sassy enough to decide this one on your own.
no they will not stay put until you get up enough centrifugal force to keep them up by the nipples. otherwise they're noisy.
oh, and this is not a decision that the internet can make for you. if yer sassy enough to rock 'em, yer sassy enough to decide this one on your own.
07-31-07 | 01:31 PM
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I wouldn't need them because my crusty old bottom bracket makes enough click and snap noises for one bike thank you
[EDIT: especially when I go up hills, it sounds like a toy piano, and one day my cranks are going to fall of or something].
[EDIT: especially when I go up hills, it sounds like a toy piano, and one day my cranks are going to fall of or something].
Last edited by bicycle; 07-31-07 at 01:32 PM. Reason: added some stuff
07-31-07 | 01:33 PM
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Videre non videri
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Haha, they're cheap enough to give it a try.
Haha, they're cheap enough to give it a try.
07-31-07 | 03:11 PM
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^ would that 'safety reason' be that if you have them someone will kick your @ss because the sound they make is annoying. That is the only safety reason I can think of.
07-31-07 | 03:24 PM
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Well, that... and the fact that if you hit a bump, one could pop off and lodge into a bystander's eye. That hurts just to think about!
07-31-07 | 03:31 PM
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or your spokes could fly out and lance somebody.
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07-31-07 | 04:41 PM
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07-31-07 | 09:03 PM
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07-31-07 | 09:07 PM
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08-01-07 | 12:10 AM
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Do it.
Do it.
Do it.
I used to rock them. And a pop can on the front tire. And a million balloons, cards, and straws in the spokes. Loud pi..spokes save lives, right?
Do it.
Do it.
I used to rock them. And a pop can on the front tire. And a million balloons, cards, and straws in the spokes. Loud pi..spokes save lives, right?
08-01-07 | 07:53 AM
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I've had the same 7 beads - 2 orange, 2 green, 2 blue, and 1 pink - on one of my bikes since I was about 7. Just keep putting em on my favorite bike at the moment. They have always brought me good luck - I have ever gotten hurt riding the bike they were on. My grandpa got them for me, so they also mean a lot. In the past 20 years, none of them have broke, and now I feel weird on a bike w/out them. I've grown to love the noise they make, and they seem to fit my style, too...
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08-01-07 | 09:13 AM
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They made noise when I rode slow as a kid... I can only imagine that they'd be pretty freakin quiet on any bike I ride now... I just don't go slow enough that often to make noise.
Although, I think I'll get a set and put 'em on my g/f bike. Her bike lacks character.
Although, I think I'll get a set and put 'em on my g/f bike.
Her bike lacks character.
08-01-07 | 11:05 AM
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hmmm, I could definitely rock those but not in all those colours. Give me some chrome spoke beads for noisy bling
